11 papers
Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324
The paper summarizes 70 science cases for the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory, outlining the observational needs across four scientific pillars and detailing required ca…
Callisto from JWST: CO2-rich terrain on the leading hemisphere and global patterns of H2O ice
Maria Camarca, Katherine de Kleer, Richard J. Cartwright +5
We present maps of H2O, CO2, and a 4.57 um spectral feature across Callisto's surface observed using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). H2O ice was mapped by measuring band par…
Tracing the source of carbon oxides on the large moons of Uranus
Richard J. Cartwright, Sasha Cryan, Rosario Brunetto +15
The Uranian moons Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon are enriched in CO2 mixed with CO, but the origin(s) of these carbon oxides, be they primarily native or radiolytic, remains u…
Mars, a Post-Habitable Planet?
Matteo Crismani, Richard Cartwright, Michael Chaffin +3
Mars provides a critical analog to once habitable exoplanets that have since lost their surface liquid water. The current atmospheric state of Mars retains the chemical fingerprint…
The ocean worlds science case for the Pollux spectropolarimeter
Vincent Hue, Bilal Benmahi, Mathieu Barthelemy +9
Pollux is a candidate European instrument contribution to the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), designed to advance our understanding of the formation and evolution of cosmic str…
PyISH: Python Integral Field Spectroscopy Simulation for HWO
Grace Sweetak, Breann Sitarski, Kevin France +2
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will be a large ultraviolet/optical/near-infrared space telescope operating at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. HWO was highly recommended by…